Chapter 021: Swarming Troops

After determining that Peter Parker was unwilling to become his ally, Wang Bo began selecting others.

The first person Wang Bo put on the list was... Gwen Stacy!

In the Spider-Verse, Gwen Stacy is someone who can never be skipped; any world with Spider-Man inevitably has Gwen Stacy or Mary Jane.

In this world, Gwen Stacy also exists.

But this Gwen Stacy is not the Spider-Gwen Wang Bo knew from the Batman world.

Yet undeniably, this world's Gwen Stacy is equally qualified to become Wang Bo's ally.

With Friday's help, Wang Bo quickly found this world's Gwen Stacy.

After all, Gwen Stacy's father, George Stacy, is the commissioner of the New York City Police Department; following this lead, Wang Bo found Gwen with no effort at all.

Currently, Gwen, like Peter Parker, is a high school student. Although her academic performance is far inferior to Peter Parker's, she is still considered a female学霸 (top student).

To make this female学霸 become his ally as soon as possible, Wang Bo considered whether to turn this world's Gwen into a female Spider-Man.

This was not Wang Bo boasting; in fact, he had the confidence to do so.

After Peter Parker was bitten by the super spider, Wang Bo not only found that super spider but also obtained Peter Parker's blood and handed it to the Conqueror.

He hoped the other party would use Cybertronian technology to create a mature spider serum.

And the Conqueror did not disappoint Wang Bo; after these days of research, the spider serum was 70% complete. In a few more days, Wang Bo would obtain the mature spider serum.

As long as the serum is injected into the human body, anyone can become a spider superhuman.

As for whether they can become Spider-Man, it depends on individual awareness.

But Wang Bo believed that Gwen should have no problem; with a little guidance, this woman should become a qualified Spider-Man.

Since Peter Parker did not become Spider-Man, Wang Bo decided to personally cultivate a Spider-Man.

However, while cultivating Spider-Man, Wang Bo did not forget the White Witch.

As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.

Wang Bo naturally could not let the White Witch run rampant in New York; even if he could not stop her now, he at least had to keep track of her every move.

In ancient times, what Wang Bo would have to do is plant a spy in the White Witch's camp.

But doing so is undoubtedly very difficult; those spies who infiltrate enemy organizations have all undergone numerous trials before they can get close to the enemy and monitor them.

So Wang Bo was very grateful that his world is a modern world, a world with advanced high-tech, full of cameras and mobile phones.

Wang Bo had Friday hack into the network, monitor every camera in New York, and found the White Witch with little effort.

In just one morning, Wang Bo had completely grasped the White Witch's whereabouts.

And she herself was completely unaware of this.

This is the power of technology.

The White Witch is strong, capable of beating the current Wang Bo easily, but Wang Bo is not without means to fight back; with the power of science, her every move cannot escape his eyes.

The White Witch has now gathered a group of loyal followers.

These people are all dissatisfied with modern society, either criminals or the lowest-level homeless, seduced by the White Witch's power and becoming her minions.

Among these people, some are captivated by the White Witch's beautiful appearance—after all, she is quite pretty, definitely a stunning beauty.

Some are seduced by the future the White Witch describes, believing that following her will allow them to do whatever they want.

Some are simply in awe of the White Witch's power, thinking that following her will grant them great strength; in fact, they have indeed obtained power from the White Witch.

But this power is not strong.

If Wang Bo were to describe it, it's like going from a weakling who can be taken down with one punch to a slightly less weakling who can be taken down with one punch—useless, all one-shot kills.

However, for ordinary people, this improvement is undoubtedly very frightening.

So they are very loyal to the White Witch.

There is also a group of ambitious people who follow the White Witch not out of loyalty but because they see an opportunity, a chance to become superior to others.

That's why they follow the White Witch.

But regardless of the reasons, the number of people following the White Witch is growing. Wang Bo had Friday calculate, and it turned out that those following the White Witch had already exceeded five thousand.

This surprised Wang Bo greatly.

For New York's population of millions, nearly ten million, the number five thousand is too insignificant.

It's hardly worth mentioning.

However, the White Witch's followers are a bunch of thugs. Due to the proliferation of guns in America, every one of these thugs has a gun, greatly increasing their destructive power.

If these people start causing trouble, they could turn New York into... a battlefield.

When Wang Bo saw this, his heart raced.

He hadn't expected that in just a few days, the White Witch had gathered such a group; she truly is a dangerous element.

After learning that the White Witch had a mob of thugs, Wang Bo decided to provide the Conqueror with large amounts of steel and energy to accelerate the production of mechanical soldiers.

He would swarm troops!

At the very least, he couldn't be inferior to the White Witch.

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Gwen Stacy, as an active and lively high school girl, would normally go karaoke with her best friends after school, go shopping, or go on a date with a boy she liked.

But recently, due to the frequent strange occurrences in New York City,

she had to heed her police father's advice to go straight home after school and not go anywhere else.

Although she was very dissatisfied with this advice, Gwen Stacy had no intention of rebelling.

Because she knew her father meant well for her.

So Gwen Stacy thought she should be a good girl.

However, recently, for some reason, Gwen Stacy kept having a strange dream.

In the dream, she was bitten by a radioactively infected spider and became a superheroine called "Spider-Woman."

Even more interestingly, she and her friends Mary Jane Watson, Betty Brant, and Glory Grant formed a band called "The Mary Janes," with Gwen as the drummer.

Shortly after Gwen began fighting crime, one of her classmates, Peter Parker, tried to get revenge on those who bullied him in high school. After injecting a self-made serum, he became the Lizard of that universe. Although Gwen eventually subdued Peter, due to his use of chemicals, he died in her arms at the end of the battle.